13.
Sound
Very Short Answer Type Questions
1. Question
How is sound produced?
Answer
Sound is produced by vibrating objects.
2. Question
What should an object do to produce sound?
Answer
An object should vibrate in order to be table to produce sound.
3. Question
How does a sound making object differ from one that is silent?
Answer
A sound making object vibrates while a silent does not. You can feel the
vibrations by touching them.
4. Question
Name the part which vibrates to produce sound in the following:
(a) Drums
(b) Sitar
(c) Flute
Answer
(a) Its stretched membrane
(b) Its strings.
(c) Its long hollow pipe.
5. Question
What brings the sound of a ringing telephone bell to our ears?
Answer
The vibration of our eardrums brings us the sound of a ringing telephone bell.
6. Question
What is the length of vocal cords in a man?
Answer
The male vocal chords are between 17 mm and 25 mm in length.
7. Question
Out of a man and a woman:
(a) who has shorter vocal cords?
(b) who produces sound of higher pitch?
Answer
(a) Woman has short vocal chords. The male vocal chords are between 17
mm and 25 mm in length whereas of a woman are between 12.5 mm and 17.5
mm long.
(b) Woman produces sound of higher pitch.
8. Question
Give any four sources of sound in a market place.
Answer
The four sources of sound in a market place are:
1. Vendors selling eatables or other things.
2. Shopkeepers selling their things.
3. Vehicles in the market area, example, autorickshaw, car, etc.
4. Machines or generators noise.
9. Question
Name the sound producing organ in humans.
Answer
Vocal chords are the sound producing organ in humans.
10. Question
Which part of our body vibrates when we speak?
Answer
Vocal chords vibrates when we speak.
11. Question
What does the working of a toy telephone tell us about sound?
Answer
The working of a toy telephone tells us that vibrating objects produce sound
and it is carried in all directions in a medium.
12. Question
Name one solid, one liquid and one gas through which sound can travel.
Answer
Solid: Metal- Iron, Aluminium etc.
Liquid: Water
Gas: Air
13. Question
Which of the following cannot transmit sound?
Water, Vacuum, Aluminium, Oxygen gas
Answer
Vacuum cannot transmit sound because sound needs a material medium to
travel.
14. Question
Is the speed of sound more in water or in steel?
Answer
The speed of sound is faster in solid as compared to liquid. Thus, the speed of
sound is more in steel.
15. Question
Where would sound travel faster-in wood or in water?
Answer
The speed of sound is faster in solid as compared to liquid. Thus, the speed of
sound is more in wood.
16. Question
In which medium sound travels faster : air or iron?
Answer
The speed of sound is faster in solid as compared to gas. Thus, the speed of
sound is more in iron.
17. Question
In which medium sound travels fastest : air, water or steel?
Answer
The speed of sound is faster in solid as compared to liquid, and then slowest
in gases. Thus, the speed of sound is more in steel, then water and then air.
18. Question
Out of solids, liquids and gases :
(a) in which medium sound travels slowest?
(b) in which medium sound travels fastest?
Answer
(a) Sound travels slowest in gas medium
(b) Sound travels fastest in solid medium.
19. Question
What is the speed of sound in air?
Answer
The speed of sound in air is 343m/s.
20. Question
Which of the following is the speed of sound in water and which in steel?
(a) 5000 m/s
(b) 1500 m/s
(c) 340 m/s
Answer
The speed of sound is faster in solid as compared to liquid, and then slowest
in gases. Thus, the speed of sound is more in steel, then water and then air.
(a) 5000 m/s - Speed of sound in steel.
(b) 1500 m/s - Speed of sound in water.
(c) 340 m/s - Speed of sound in air.
21. Question
Name the organs of hearing in our body.
Answer
Our ears are the organs of hearing in our body.
22. Question
Name that part of ear which vibrates when outside sound falls on it.
Answer
Eardrum vibrates when outside sound falls on it.
23. Question
Name the three tiny bones present in the middle part of ear.
Answer
The three tiny bones – the malleus, incus, and stapes – are found in the
middle ear. Each bone is named in Latin for its shape.
24. Question
What is the function of three tiny bones in the ear?
Answer
The three bones help in transmitting the sound into the middle ear.
25. Question
Name the nerve which carries electrical impulses from the cochlea of ear to
the brain.
Answer
The auditory nerve carries electrical impulses from the cochlea of ear to the
brain
26. Question
What is the name of passage in outer ear which carries sound waves to the
eardrum?
Answer
As seen from the igure given below, the sound is carried through the Ear
canal.
27. Question
Name the quantity whose unit is 'hertz'.
Answer
The unit of frequency is called “hertz”.
28. Question
What is the relation between 'time-period' and 'frequency' of an oscillating
body?
Answer
Time Period given by the inverse of the frequency.
29. Question
Name three characteristics which are used to describe oscillations (or
vibrations).
Answer
Frequency, amplitude and Phase are the three characteristics which are used
to describe oscillations (or vibrations).
30. Question
What is the scienti ic name for the following?
Answer
Frequency is the term used for number of vibrations made per second.
31. Question
What name is given to the maximum displacement of a vibrating body from
its central position?
Answer
Amplitude is called as the maximum displacement of a vibrating body from
its central position.
32. Question
If 125 oscillations are produced in 5 seconds, what is the frequency in hertz?
Answer
Frequency is
33. Question
How does loudness depend on the amplitude of vibrations?
Answer
Loudness is directly related to amplitude. If amplitude is high, then loudness
is high. But if amplitude is low, then the loudness is low.
34. Question
By how much will the loudness of a sound change when the amplitude of
vibrations is:
(a) doubled?
(b) halved?
Answer
(a) Loudness is also doubled.
(b) Loudness is halved.
35. Question
Name the unit used to measure the loudness of sound. Also write its symbol.
Answer
Decibel is the unit used to measure the loudness of sound. Its symbol is dB
36. Question
What is the loudness of a normal conversation in decibels ?
Answer
The Normal conversation is at 60 dB
37. Question
On what factor does the pitch of a sound depend?
Answer
The pitch of a sound depends on the frequency of the sound.
38. Question
How is pitch related to frequency?
Answer
The pitch of a sound you hear depends on the frequency of the sound wave. A
high frequency sound wave has a high pitch, and a low frequency sound wave
has a low pitch.
39. Question
Name the characteristic of sound which enables us to distinguish between a
man's voice and a woman's voice even without seeing them.
Answer
The pitch of the sound enables us to distinguish between a man's voice and a
woman's voice even without seeing them.
40. Question
Arrange the following sounds in the order of increasing frequencies (keeping
the sound of lowest frequency irst) :
(i) Baby's voice
(ii) Man's voice
(iii) Woman's voice
Answer
The following sounds in the order of increasing frequencies :
Man's voice
Woman's voice
Baby's voice
41. Question
Which produces sound of a higher pitch : a drum or a whistle?
Answer
Drum produces higher pitch.
42. Question
Name the characteristic of sound which depends on:
(a) amplitude
(b) frequency.
Answer
(a) Loudness of the sound depends on amplitude.
(b) Pitch of the sound depends on frequency.
43. Question
Name the characteristic of sound which can distinguish between the 'notes'
(musical sounds) played on a lute and a sitar (both the notes having the same
pitch and loudness).
Answer
The tone of the sound will distinguish between the 'notes' (musical sounds)
played on a lute and a sitar (both the notes having the same pitch and
loudness).
44. Question
Write the full form of dB.
Answer
Decibels is the full form of dB.
45. Question
What is the name of very high frequency sounds which cannot be heard by
the human ear?
Answer
Ultrasonic waves is the name of very high frequency sounds which cannot be
heard by the human ear.
46. Question
Why do we not hear the screams of a bat ?
Answer
We cannot hear the screams of a bat because its frequency is higher than
20,000Hz.
47. Question
Which of the following frequency of sound can be heard by a dog but not by a
man?
(a) 50,000 hertz
(b) 15,000 hertz.
Answer
Option (a) is correct. 50,000Hz can be heard by dog but not human being.
48. Question
Name the substance which vibrates in a lute to produce sound.
Answer
The air particles vibrate in the air column in the lute, which produces sound.
49. Question
State whether the following statements are true or false:
(a) Sound cannot travel in vacuum.
(b) The number of oscillations per second of a vibrating object is called its
time-period.
(c) If the amplitude of vibrations is large, sound is feeble.
(d) The lower the frequency of vibration, the higher is the pitch.
(e) If the amplitude of vibrations is doubled, the loudness of sound also gets
doubled.
(f) When the amplitude of vibrations is halved, the loudness of sound
becomes one-fourth.
(g) Unwanted or unpleasant sound is termed as music.
(h) Noise pollution may cause partial hearing impairment.
Answer
(a) True
(b) False
(c) False
(d) False
(e) True
(f) False
(g) False
(h) True
50. Question
Fill in the following blanks with suitable words :
(a) Sounds are produced by .............. objects.
(b) The human voice box is called ..............
(c) Sound cannot travel in ....................
(d) A set of three tiny............in the middle part of ear passes on sound
vibrations from the eardrum to the liquid in cochlea.
(e) The unit of frequency is ..............
(f) The time taken by an object to complete one oscillation is called............
(g) The shrillness of a sound is determined by the ...........of vibration.
(h) Unpleasant sound is called...................
(i) Sound which is pleasing to the ear is called................sound.
(j) A person having partial hearing loss can hear properly by wearing a device
called hearing ...............on the ear.
Answer
(a) Sounds are produced by vibrating objects.
(b) The human voice box is called larynx
(c) Sound cannot travel in vacuum
(d) A set of three tiny bones in the middle part of ear passes on sound
vibrations from the eardrum to the liquid in cochlea.
(e) The unit of frequency is Hertz (Hz)
(f) The time taken by an object to complete one oscillation is called time-
period
(g) The shrillness of a sound is determined by the frequency of vibration.
(h) Unpleasant sound is called noise.
(i) Sound which is pleasing to the ear is called musical sound.
(j) A person having partial hearing loss can hear properly by wearing a device
called hearing machine on the ear.
Short Answer Type Questions
51 A. Question
What is the name of the strings in the human voice box which vibrate to
produce sound?
Answer
The vocal chords of the human voice box vibrate to produce sound.
51 B. Question
What makes these strings vibrate?
Answer
The vocal chords are stretched across the larynx and they vibrate to produce
sound.
52. Question
Describe how sound is produced by the human voice box (or larynx).
Answer
In humans, the sound is produced by the box, which is called voice box or the
larynx. Larynx is a part of the throat. It is responsible for production of
sound. It has two vocal cord which are stretched across the voice box or
larynx in such a way that it leaves a narrow slit between them for the air.
When the lungs force the air through the slit, the vocal cords vibrate,
producing sound.
53. Question
What is the frequency of the sound produced when the vocal cords are:
(a) tight and thin ? (b) loose and thick?
Answer
(a) The frequency produced by tight and thin vocal chords is quite high. i.e. its
high pitch sound.
(b) The frequency produced by loose and thick vocal chords is quite low i.e.
its low pitch sound.
54. Question
Why are the voices of men, women and children different ?
Answer
The length of vocal chords varies in all these three, which is the main reason
for different voices. Men have the longest vocal chords, while female have
little shorter vocal chords than men and children have the smallest vocal
chords.
55. Question
If you want to hear a train approaching from far away, why is it more
convenient to put the ear to the track?
Answer
It is more convenient to put the ear to the track, If you want to hear a train
approaching from far away because we can hear the vibrations from the
ground when we put our ear at the track.
56. Question
State one observation from everyday life which shows that sound travels
much more slower than light.
Answer
In case of thunder, we see the lightening irst and then the sound of thunder.
This is because, the velocity of light in air is while the velocity of
sound in air is 343 m/s.
57. Question
Explain why, the lash of lightning is seen irst but the sound of thunder is
heard a little later (though lightning and thunder take place in the sky at the
same time and same distance from us).
Answer
The lash of lightning is seen irst but the sound of thunder is heard a little
later though lightning and thunder take place in the sky at the same time and
same distance from us, because, the velocity of light in air is while
the velocity of sound in air is 343 m/s. Thus, we can see light irst and
thunder sound later.
58. Question
Name the object (or part) which vibrates to produce sound in the following
musical instruments :
(a) Sitar
(b) Dholak
(c) Flute
(d)Cymbals
(e) Veena
(f) Tabla
Answer
(a) Strings
(b) Diaphragm – Membrane
(c) Air column
(d) The metal plates
(e) Strings
(f) Diaphragm – Membrane
59. Question
Name one musical instrument each in which the sound is produced:
(a) by vibrating a stretched string.
(b) by vibrating air enclosed in a tube.
(c) by vibrating a stretched membrane
(d) by vibrating metal plates.
Answer
(a) Veena
(b) Flute
(c) Table
(d) Cymbals
60. Question
Give two examples of each of the following :
(a) stringed musical instruments.
(b) wind musical instruments.
(c) membrane musical instruments.
(d) plate type musical instruments.
Answer
(a) Guitar, Veena
(b) Flute, Trumpet
(c) Tabla, Dholak
(d) Cymbals, Matka
61. Question
Which of the sounds having the following frequencies can be heard by the
human beings and which cannot?
(a) 6 hertz
(b) 5000 hertz
(c) 10000 hertz
(d) 35000 hertz
(e) 18kHz
Answer
(a) Cannot be heard because human being can hear within the range 20Hz to
20,000Hz
(b) Can be heard because human being can hear within the range 20Hz to
20,000Hz
(c) Can be heard because human being can hear within the range 20Hz to
20,000Hz
(d) Cannot be heard because human being can hear within the range 20Hz to
20,000Hz
(e) Can be heard because human being can hear within the range 20Hz to
20,000Hz
62 A. Question
What is the upper limit of frequency of human hearing?
Answer
20,000Hz is the upper limit of frequency of human hearing.
62 B. Question
What is the lower limit of frequency of human hearing?
Answer
20Hz is the lower limit of frequency of human hearing.
62 C. Question
Name one animal which can produce ultrasonic sounds.
Answer
Bats can produce ultrasonic sounds.
62 D. Question
Name two animals which can hear ultrasonic sounds.
Answer
Dogs and cats.
63 A. Question
What is a vibration (or an oscillation)? De ine 'amplitude' of vibration of an
object.
Answer
The to- and – fro motion of an object in a medium is called vibration.
Amplitude is the largest distance from the mean position of the object.
63 B. Question
What is the frequency of a vibrating body whose time-period is 0.05 second ?
Answer
Time Period given by the inverse of the frequency.
64 A. Question
State two methods of producing sound.
Answer
Two methods of producing sound are:
1. Beating the plate and spoon against each other.
2. Playing guitar.
64 B. Question
How does sound from a sound producing body travel through air to reach our
ears?
Answer
The air particles near the sound producing body vibrate and exchange energy,
which is received by our ears and we are able to hear the sounds.
65 A. Question
Why a sound cannot be heard on the moon?
Answer
Because moon does not have any atmosphere and sound its does not have any
medium for sound to travel as sound does not travel in vacuum.
65 B. Question
How do astronauts talk to one another on the surface of moon and why?
Answer
The astronauts have sound transmitting devices in the helmets they wear
which help them exchange sound waves with one-another. This is because
moon does not have any atmosphere and sound its does not have any medium
for sound to travel as sound does not travel in vacuum.
66 A. Question
What is meant by the (a) 'pitch' of sound, and (b) 'quality' of sound?
Answer
The sensation of frequency is called “pitch” The high frequency indicates high
pitch and vice-versa.
66 B. Question
What is ultrasound? State two uses of ultrasound.
Answer
Ultrasounds mean the sounds having frequency greater than 20,000Hz.
The uses of ultrasound are:
1. They are used in sonography.
2. They used in radars.
67 A. Question
What differences will you hear in a sound if there is an increase in
(i) amplitude, and (ii) frequency?
Answer
(i) The sound will become loud on increasing the amplitude.
(ii) The sound will become shrill on increasing the frequency.
67 B. Question
Calculate the time period of a pendulum which is vibrating with a frequency
of 10 hertz.
Answer
Time Period given by the inverse of the frequency.
68 A. Question
How can you show that a sounding tabla is vibrating?
Answer
We can feel the vibration of table membrane when we hit it to produce sound.
68 B. Question
On what factor does the loudness of a sound depend?
Answer
The loudness of a sound depends Amplitude.
69. Question
When we put our ear to a railway line, we can hear the sound of an
approaching train even when the train is far off but its sound cannot be heard
through the air. Why?
Answer
Because the track is made of metals and sounds travel faster in solids than air.
Thus, we can hear the sound of an approaching train even when the train is
far off but its sound cannot be heard through the air.
70. Question
Why sound cannot travel through vacuum (or through outer space)?
Answer
Because sound needs material medium to transfer energy from on particle to
another particle. If there is vacuum, then no energy transfer takes place
71 A. Question
What type of pollution is caused by the working of mixer and grinder in the
kitchen?
Answer
Noise pollution is caused by the working of mixer and grinder in the kitchen.
71 B. Question
Why should we not put a pin or pencil in our ears?
Answer
No, we must never put a pin or pencil in our ears, because it can tear our ear
diaphragm.
72. Question
Name any two common musical instruments and identify their vibrating
parts.
Answer
73. Question
What is the difference between noise and music? Can music become noise
sometimes?
Answer
The Unwanted sound that is unpleasant to ear is called noise. A pleasant
sound is called music.
Music can become noise at many instances. Music is of many types and
everybody may not like each type of music. When someone listens very loud
music, it can be noise for someone else.
74. Question
Draw a labelled diagram of larynx and explain its functions.
Answer
In humans, the sound is produced by the box, which is called voice box or the
larynx. Larynx is a part of the throat. It is responsible for production of
sound. It has two vocal cord which are stretched across the voice box or
larynx in such a way that it leaves a narrow slit between them for the air.
When the lungs force the air through the slit, the vocal cords vibrate,
producing sound.
75 A. Question
Give two causes of noise pollution from the homes.
Answer
The causes of noise pollution are as follows:
1) Televisions running at high volumes.
2) Use of Loudspeakers in religious or other functions.
3) Use of crackers.
75 B. Question
What are the usual causes of the partial hearing loss suffered by a person?
Answer
Loud noise and noise pollution are the usual causes of the partial hearing loss
suffered by a person.
Long Answer Type Questions
76. Question
How can you show that sound cannot travel through a vacuum? Draw a
labelled diagram of the apparatus used.
Answer
The bell jar experiment is a common experiment to show that sound cannot
travel through a vacuum
A bell jar’s shape is similar to that of a bell. A bell jar is placed on a base and
connected to a vacuum pump as shown in the picture below. The air in the jar
is varied by pumping the air out of it.
Now, we put an electrical bell in the bell jar. As the air is pumped, vacuum is
being created inside the jar slowly and steadily and the sound from the bell
jar fades. At a point when complete vacuum is maintained, no more sound is
heard from the bell. Thus, the sound is not audible to our ears because of the
vacuum inside the jar.
77 A. Question
What is meant by the 'time-period' of a vibrating object? State its unit.
Answer
Time Period given by the inverse of the frequency.
Its unit is seconds.
77 B. Question
De ine 'frequency' of a vibrating object. Name the unit in which frequency is
measured.
Answer
The frequency is described as the number of vibrations or oscillations per
second. Its unit is Hertz (Hz)
77 C. Question
A pendulum oscillates 40 times in 4 seconds. Calculate its
(i) time-period, and
(ii) frequency.
Can we hear the sound produced by the oscillations of this pendulum? Give
reason for your answer.
Answer
Frequency = 40 vibration/ 4 seconds = 10 Hz
Thus, time period = 1/f = 1/10 = 0.1 seconds.
No, we cannot hear because the audible human range is from 20Hz to 20,000
Hz.
78. Question
Draw a neat and labelled diagram of the human ear. Explain its working.
Answer
The ear has three main parts:
1) External part – It is called the pinna and is made of ridged cartilage
covered by skin.
2) Middle – This is the part through which sound travels inside the ear to the
eardrum, through auditory canal. Sound causes the eardrum and its tiny
attached bones in the middle portion of the ear to vibrate, and the vibrations
are conducted to the nearby cochlea.
3) Inner part – The cochlea is part of the inner ear. Its main function is to
transform sound into nerve impulses.
79 A. Question
What is noise? Give two examples of sounds which are considered noise.
Answer
The Unwanted sound that is unpleasant to ear is called noise.
Example- 1) Loud music
2) The noise of machines.
79 B. Question
What is a musical sound ? Give two examples of musical sounds.
Answer
A pleasant sound is called music. Its like a treat to the ears.
Example – 1) Beats
2) Tones
80 A. Question
What is meant by noise pollution? Mention some of the sources of noise
pollution in your surroundings.
Answer
The harmful and annoying noise to the ears is called noise pollution. The
sources of noise pollution are as follows:
1) Televisions running at high volumes.
2) Use of Loudspeakers in religious or other functions.
3) Use of crackers.
4) Horns of buses, cars and trucks
80 B. Question
Explain how, noise pollution (or excessive loud noise) is harmful to human
beings.
Answer
Noise pollution has adverse effects physical as well as mental behavior. The
constant exposure to noise pollution can create many health related
problems like hypertension, insomnia, mental disorder and may even lead to
loss of hearing.
80 C. Question
State the various measures which can be taken to control (or reduce) noise
pollution in our surroundings.
Answer
The following measures which can be taken to control (or reduce) noise
pollution in our surroundings:
1) Ban the use of loudspeakers after 9pm.
2) Ban the use of horns in the areas nearby hospital and school.
80 D. Question
What can be done along the roads to reduce noise pollution caused by traf ic
from reaching the residents of the area?
Answer
The following measures which can be taken to reduce noise pollution caused
by traf ic from reaching the residents of the area:
1) The residential area must be declared as no use of horns.
2) The colonies must be established at a distance than the roads.
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
81. Question
Voice of which of the following is likely to have the minimum frequency?
A. baby girl
B. baby boy
C. a man
D. a woman
Answer
The voice of man has the least frequency.
82. Question
Sound can travel through:
A. gases only
B. solids only
C. liquids only
D. solids, liquids and gases
Answer
Sound does not need any material medium to travel.
83. Question
Which of the following vibrates when a musical note is produced by the
cymbals in an orchestra?
A. stretched strings
B. stretched membranes
C. metal plates
D. air columns
Answer
Metal plates vibrates when a musical note is produced by the cymbals in an
orchestra.
84. Question
A musical instrument is producing a continuous note. This note cannot be
heard by a person having a normal hearing range. This note must then be
passing through:
A. water
B. wax
C. vacuum
D. empty vessel
Answer
This note must then be passing through vacuum.
85. Question
Which of the following sound frequencies can be heard by a woman having a
normal hearing range?
A) 25000 Hz
B) 15kHz
C) 40000 Hz
D) 25Hz
A. A and B
B. B and C
C. B and D
D. only D
Answer
25Hz because the human audible range is 20Hz to 20,000 Hz.
86. Question
When we change a feeble sound to a loud sound, we increase its:
A. frequency
B. amplitude
C. speed
D. timbre
Answer
Amplitude.
87. Question
Before playing the orchestra in a musical concert, a sitarist tries to adjust the
tension and pluck the strings suitably. By doing so he is adjusting:
A. intensity of sound only
B. amplitude of sound only
C. frequency of the sitar string, with the frequency of other musical
instruments
D. loudness of sound
Answer
He is adjusting the frequency of the sitar string, with the frequency of other
musical instruments.
88. Question
A key of mechanical piano is irst struck gently and then struck again but
much harder this time. In the second case:
A. sound will be louder but pitch will not be different
B. sound will be louder and the pitch will also be higher
C. sound will be louder but pitch will be lower
D. both loudness and pitch will remain unaffected
Answer
In the second case sound will be louder but pitch will not be different.
89. Question
One of the following can hear infrasound. This one is:
A. dog
B. bat
C. rhinoceros
D. humans
Answer
dog can hear both the infrasound as well as ultrasound.
90. Question
The speed of highly penetrating ultrasonic waves is:
A. lower than those of audible sound waves
B. higher than those of audible sound waves
C. much higher than those of audible sound waves
D. same as those of audible sound waves
Answer
The speed of sound waves is same in a particular medium.
91. Question
The ultrasound waves can penetrate into matter to a large extent because
they have:
A. very high speed
B. very high frequency
C. very high quality
D. very high amplitude
Answer
The ultrasound waves can penetrate into matter to a large extent because
they have very high frequency.
92. Question
The frequencies of four sound waves are given below. Which of these sound
waves can be used to measure the depth of sea?
A. 15,000 Hz
B. 10 kHz
C. 50 kHz
D. 10,000 Hz
Answer
The ultrasound waves can be used to measure the depth of sea.
93. Question
Which of the following frequency of sound can be generated by a vibrating
simple pendulum as well as by the vibrating vocal cords of a rhinoceros?
A. 5 kHz
B. 25 Hz
C. 10 Hz
D. 15,000 Hz
Answer
10Hz can be generated by a vibrating simple pendulum as well as by the
vibrating vocal cords of a rhinoceros.
94. Question
Which of the following are used to study the growth of fetus inside the
mother's womb?
A. radio waves
B. X-rays
C. infrared waves
D. sound waves
Answer
Infra-red Waves are used to study the growth of foetus inside the mother's
womb
95. Question
We can distinguish between the musical sounds produced by different singers
on the basis of the characteristic of sound called:
A. frequency
B. timbre
C. pitch
D. loudness
Answer
Timbre can distinguish between the musical sounds produced by different
singers on the basis of the characteristic of sound.
96. Question
The maximum speed of vibrations which produce audible sound will be in:
A. dry air
B. sea water
C. ground glass
D. human blood
Answer
The sound travels faster in solids than liquids than gases.
97. Question
The sound waves travel fastest:
A. in solids
B. in liquids
C. in gases
D. in vacuum
Answer
The sound travels faster in solids than liquids than gases.
98. Question
The speeds of sound in four different media are given below. Which of the
following is the most likely speed in m/s with which the two under water
whales in a sea talk to each other when separated by a large distance ?
A. 340
B. 5170
C. 1280
D. 1530
Answer
1530
99. Question
The velocities of sound waves in four media P, Q, R and S are 18,000 km/h,
900 km/h, 0 km/h, and 1200 km/h respectively. Which medium could be a
liquid substance?
A. P
B. Q
C. R
D. S
Answer
Because the speed of sound in liquids is more than gas but less than solids.
100. Question
Which of the following modes is utilized in the production of sound by
humans?
A. vibrating membranes
B. vibrating plates
C. vibrating strings
D. vibrating air columns
Answer
The vibrating strings modes is utilized in the production of sound by humans.
Questions Based on High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
101. Question
Three different vibrating objects produce three types of sounds X, Y and Z.
The sounds X and Y cannot be heard by a man having normal range of hearing
but sound Z can be heard easily. The sound X can be heard by a bat whereas
the sound Y can be heard by a rhinoceros. What type of sounds are X, Y and Z?
Answer
X : Ultrasonic sound waves (Greater than 20,000Hz)
Y : Infrasonic sound waves (0-20 Hz)
Z : Audible sounds (20Hz-20,000Hz)
102. Question
Your parents are going to buy a house. They have been offered one house on
the roadside and another house three lanes away from the roadside. Which
house would you suggest your parents should buy ? Explain your answer.
Answer
There will be more noise in the house which is along the roadside due to
noise produced by transportation vehicles. But, the house which is three
lanes away from the roadside would have comparatively less noise .
Therefore, it is better to take the house that is three lanes away from the
roadside.
103. Question
The sound from an insect is produced when it vibrates its wings at an average
rate of 500 vibrations per second:
(a) What is the time-period of the vibrations ?
(b) What is the frequency of the vibrations in hertz ?
(c) Can we hear this sound? Why or why not?
Answer
(a) The time period = 1/f = 1/500 = 0.002 secs.
(b) The frequency of the vibrations in hertz is 500 Hz. Because 1Hz = 1
vibration/second.
(c) We can hear this because it is in the range of 20Hz to 20,000Hz.
104. Question
There are three small bones in the middle ear.
(a) Name the three bones
(b) Which of these bones is in touch with oval window ?
(c) Which of these bones is in touch with the ear drum ?
(d) Which bone is in touch with the other two bones?
Answer
(a) Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup are the three ear bones.
(b) Strirrup is in touch with oval window.
(c) Hammer is in touch with the ear drum.
(d) Anvil is in touch with the other two bones.
105. Question
Explain why, if we strike a steel tumbler with a metal spoon lightly, we hear a
feeble sound but if we hit the tumbler hard, a loud sound is heard.
Answer
This is because the amplitude of vibrations is small when we beat the spoon
lightly and so feeble sound is produced but when it is beaten with force then,
amplitude of vibrations is large, so loud sound is produced.
